TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Perceived stress and intent to die in young soldiers who attempt suicide
JO  - Crisis
A1  - Shelef, Leah
A1  - Brunstein Klomek, Anat
A1  - Yavnai, Nirit
A1  - Shahar, Golan
SP  - 144
EP  - 148
VL  - 39
IS  - 2
N2  - BACKGROUND: Intent to die is an important component of suicide risk assessment. The authors compared the predictive effect of two forms of stress - military and perceived - in intent to die by suicide among young adult Israeli soldiers with a history of suicide attempts. Depression, suicide ideation, and habituation/acquired capacity for suicidality served as covariates. <br><br>METHODS: Participants were 60 young adult soldiers in the Israeli Defense Force (ISF; aged 18-21 years), who made a suicide attempt during their military service. Study variables were assessed using self-report measures. <br><br>RESULTS: Intent to die by suicide correlated with suicide ideation, habituation/acquired capacity, depressive symptoms, and perceived stress. In a multiple regression analysis, perceived stress predicted intent to die (b =.44, p =.002) over and above the prediction by suicide ideation (b =.42, p =.013) and acquired capacity/habituation (b =.28, p =.023). LIMITATIONS: The cross-sectional design restricts causal inference. In addition, an exclusive reliance on self-report measures might have inflated shared method variance. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Perceived stress captures a unique dimension of intent to die by suicide among young suicide attempters.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0227-5910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000481
ID  - ref1
ER  -